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The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, early in the morning.

It’s late at night and the dew is heavy. This is the coldest time of the day, and it’s also the time when people sleep the deepest.

On the second floor of Qingpu Garden, Ru'er, who was sleeping in the outer room, vaguely heard a few babies crying. She hurriedly got up, put on her clothes and walked into the bedroom.

In the back room, Chen Chu had already gotten up before her, and was pacing the bedroom with a newborn baby who was just a few days old, shaking slightly in the cradle formed by his arms as he walked.

Seeing Ru'er entering, Chen Chu quickly signaled the former to 'lower' so as not to wake up Cai Hua.

Ru'er stepped lightly and stepped forward to carry Ying'er, the fourth daughter of the Chen family, outside so that King Chu could have a good rest. The latter just returned to Caizhou the day before yesterday. For the past two days, his busy feet had not touched the ground during the day. The little guy cried often, and Chen Chu walked in the bedroom with his little daughter in his arms in the middle of the night for two nights in a row.

I was busy and couldn't rest well, and my eyes were bloodshot at the moment.

When Chen Chu saw Ru'er coming forward, he whispered: "It's okay, you can go to sleep."

"Your Majesty, please have a good rest. I will take Fourth Sister outside."

"I'm not sleepy, Ru'er doesn't have to worry about it."

Seeing the prince's insistence, Ru'er had no choice but to leave the bedroom.

When Chen Chu turned around, he saw that Cai Hua, who was lying sideways on the bed, had opened her eyes at some point and was looking at the father and daughter through the candlelight with a smile that was not a smile.

"Did I wake you up?" Chen Chu hugged Ying'er and sat beside the bed.

Cai Hua didn't answer, but took her daughter from Chen Chu's arms very naturally and placed her next to her.

The little guy seemed to have smelled something, so he arched his head and thrust it into Cai Hua's chest.

Cai Hua adjusted her posture so that her daughter could find a job.

Ying'er lived up to expectations. Even with her eyes closed, she still found the position accurately, and sucked hard with her small mouth.

A few days after breastfeeding her baby, Cai Hua, who is naturally sensitive, involuntarily let out a strange moan from her lips.
Later, Cai Hua seemed to feel that the strange noise she inadvertently made was inappropriate, and she couldn't help but said softly: "What a little glutton, just like your father!"

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By the way, if you scold your daughter, then scold your daughter. What are you doing by criticizing Sang and Huai?

"Haha, I ate more than Ying'erhui did back then."

"Well, there's another one here. Do you want to steal my daughter's dry food?"

"Ha ha."

"whee."

The two bickered for a few words, and Chen Chu sighed suddenly, gently rubbed Cai Hua's still pale cheek with the back of his hand, and whispered: "Sister Hua has suffered."

"." Cai Hua was distracted for a moment. She really suffered a lot after giving birth to Ying'er.

With such a tenacious temperament, if Mao'er and Ji'er hadn't encouraged her one after another along the way, she would have almost given up.

Then, he looked at the daughter in his arms with tender eyes and said, "It's a pity that I can't add another man to my family."

In the past, Cai Hua had an unabashed preference for Ji'er, but now that she has a child, she still said this. Chen Chu felt that he needed to have a serious talk with Cai Hua, "Ji'er, don't you like your daughter?"

"How could I not like my daughter who I worked so hard to conceive for ten months?"

Cai Hua glanced at Chen Chu, then sighed again and said: "But in this world, as a daughter, how can a man live a carefree and happy life? When a man grows up, he can rule the roost, be a handsome scholar, and be a good man." A wanton hero. But there are many shackles imposed on the daughter's family. A man who behaves according to his heart is unconventional, but a woman who behaves according to her heart is dissolute. Even with a life like Jia Rou's, she still inevitably becomes a puppet manipulated by others."

The 'bystander' sitting next to the bed looked slightly embarrassed.

Cai Hua continued: "In the future, when my daughter grows up, I will not only have to worry about her being deceived and deceived by crazy people, but I will also have to worry about her marrying a pedantic and boring person and being unhappy for the rest of her life. I am lucky. If you can meet a loved one who values ​​​​love, is interesting and considerate, you may not be able to avoid having three wives and four concubines, and you have to compete with others for favors. As a woman, it is full of sorrow."

Hey, hey, the more you say, the more specific you become.

"Haha, it is a great joy for me to be my husband to become a caring, righteous, interesting and considerate person in Hua'er's heart." Chen Chu said shamelessly.

However, Cai Hua rolled her eyes at Chen Chu with a charming look, spat, and said, "Bah, don't put gold on your own face. The puppy is the one who is used to coaxing me with sweet words, the wild bee and the butterfly!"

"Eh! Sister Hua's words are unconscionable! It was clearly November of the seventh year of Fuchang, and you used the pretext of 'eating wine' to coax me to the Baiyu Hall of Caiwei Pavilion and take over my body! When did I coax you? is you?"

"Go to hell! I didn't!"

The candlelight was dim, the room was warm as spring, but it was freezing outside.

In the quiet back house of the palace, only a few men and women chatting occasionally on the second floor of Qingpu Garden, and the low growl of a woman who was already a mother.

But this moment was short and warm, but it didn't last until dawn.

At the beginning of Yinshi, news came from the front house that Shi Dalang had entered the city and was waiting in the flower hall of the front house.

When Chen Chu came over, Shi Dalang, commander of the second regiment of the Huaibei Navy, and Li Mulezi were sitting in the hall drinking tea, accompanied by Weng Bingding, the steward of the front house.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates have met with Zhang Duofu and Xu Lu and read out Chai Ji's decree."

As soon as they met, Shi Dalang stood up and reported the details of the journey south to Huainan.

Chen Chu was not surprised at all that the generals in Huainan agreed to cooperate with Huaibei.

Over the years, Huaibei's economic penetration into Huainan has reached an unprecedented level. People in Huainan have made a lot of money from kapok cultivation, but 90% of the output has been absorbed by Huaibei.

The civil and military forces along the Huainan River even took a share of the frequent ship smuggling and made a lot of money.

This time Zhou State invaded first. If Huaibei uses this excuse to march into Huainan in a large scale, how many people will surrender to the watchdog.

Under this situation, if Zhang Duofu and Xu Luruo still want to take over Huaibei, their subordinates who have blocked their financial path may not agree.

What's more, Huaibei also had the imperial edict of the Great Zhou Emperor, which gave Zhou officials in Huainan steps and dignity.

"Since there is no obstruction along the river, Dalang, you and Captain Jiang's navy should not stay in the Huai River. After dawn, according to the content of previous training, we will move the two battalions of Lin Chengfu's sky thunder cannons to the boat and go out to the waves. Bar"

Shipbuilding is a long process. Because Huaibei's strategic focus was on land rather than sea, a real deep-sea navy has never been established.

However, the Huaibei Navy's training based on the Thunder Cannon had begun several years ago.

Although the navy cannot sail into the deep sea at the moment, there is no problem in sailing close to the coastline for ten or twenty miles.

As for building a sea-going ship suitable for long voyages, it is naturally better to grab it.

There are more than a hundred long-sea ships passing through Quanzhou Port every day. If you don’t take it and I don’t take it, how can Huaibei develop?
Early on the eighth day of the eighth lunar month.

In the dining room of the palace's back house, Chen Chu rarely had breakfast at home. In the past two days, all the female family members would come to the dining room to have breakfast, changing their habit of staying in their own courtyards for breakfast.

Yu Nong was the first to come. After the young master returned home, he not only wanted to spend more time with Sister Cai who had been wandering around the ghost gate to squeeze in some free time, but also wanted to see Tie Guan who had just lost his father, so Yu Nong chose this time in the morning. Take some time to talk to the young master more.

When Ayu came in with Nian'er in her arms, there were only Yu Nong, her son and Chen Chu in the dining room.

The older one was sitting on Chen Chu's lap, talking non-stop, while the younger one was using his father as a rockery, climbing up and down his back.

Ayu hadn't spoken to her uncle for a long time, and she couldn't help but envy Yunong's relaxed and carefree state. However, her childhood education prevented her from being as relaxed as Yunong.

"Young master, you don't know. Seeing Sister Cai's hard work, Nunu ran to the ancestral hall and prayed to her parents-in-law. If Sister Cai is safe this time, Nunu will follow Sister Cai's example of being a vegetarian for the rest of her life. Maybe her parents-in-law heard it. Well, Sister Cai had a near-miss in the end."

Yu Nong put his arms around Chen Chu's neck, taking away a little of the credit for Cai Hua's mother and daughter's safety.

But when Rao'er, who had just climbed onto Chen Chu's back, heard this, he said: "Mother, mother, why are you a vegetarian? Last night you stole Rao'er's meat to eat! Rao'er was pretending to sleep, everyone saw it .”

"Pfft." Ayu couldn't hold it back and laughed on the spot.

"Hahaha" Chen Chu also laughed. "."

Being criticized on the spot by his biological daughter, Yu Nong glared at her daughter in shame and forcefully explained: "You didn't even wait for me to finish speaking! My mother did make great wishes to you, grandma, but you, grandma, I asked my mother in a dream last night. They said in the dream that my mother will continue to work for the Chen family. How can I maintain a healthy body by being a vegetarian? When my mother gives birth to a younger brother in the future, I will not kiss you! "

Come on, the reason why the father-in-law and mother-in-law were told about the dream is to open up branches and leaves for the Chen family. Who dares to question this reason!
If other children heard their mother say, "I'm going to give birth to a little brother and I won't kiss you anymore," they would probably cry in frustration, but Rao'er also has an innocent and cheerful temperament. Not only was she not afraid when she heard the sound, but she stretched out her hand to pull him away. My mother held her arm around her father's neck, and she opened her arms to wrap it around him. She just said, "If you don't want to kiss me, I won't kiss you. Raoer and daddy will kiss each other."

"Ah! This is my husband! Get away from me." Yunong counterattacked, trying to pry away her daughter's hands.

But Rao'er clasped her hands tightly around her father's neck, stretched her neck and made a face at her mother, "Just a little, no! This is my father."

Sticking out his tongue and making a face, he looked almost the same as Yu Nong back then.

Yu Nong was a bit spoiled with children, so Rao'er wasn't too afraid of her mother and daughter making such a fuss, which made Chen Chu laugh non-stop.

But the mood that had been tense for many years was extremely relaxed at this moment.

Ayu on the side also laughed, and then looked at the child in the wet nurse's arms, and her mood suddenly improved a lot.
Although the royal family members were inevitably frightened by the situation, they lived happily and contentedly most days. However, their 'son' was still the obsession in everyone's heart.

Even the heartless Yu Nong said something like 'I will have a younger brother in the future' just now.

Ayu has given birth to the second baby boy for the palace.
While he was thinking about it, Mao'er walked into the dining room with a pair of children, one on the left and one on the right. Yu Nong, who was having a fuss with his daughter, quickly jumped off Chen Chu's lap.

The whole family arrived, but before dinner started, Chen Chu asked Li Cuilian behind him, "Where is Tie Dan?"

But Li Cuilian said: "I went to call Mrs. Shen. She said that Uncle Shen was newly mourned and would not come to the back house to cause trouble."

"Oh?"

Chen Chu responded. After being distracted for a moment, Tie Dan still didn't consider this place his home. He probably felt that it was unlucky to wear a mourning hat, so he didn't come over.

Tie Dan is not a person who is good at expressing himself, so he needs to find an opportunity to enlighten him.

When he came back to his senses, he saw his wife and children looking at him. Chen Chu hurriedly picked up the chopsticks and said, "Let's eat."

The cat, which had been paying attention to her husband's expression, said: "Husband, wait a moment."

After that, Mao Er left the dining room.

After waiting for about half a quarter of an hour, she saw Mao'er slowly entering Tie Dan, who was half a head taller than her. Tie Dan still lowered his head as before, with vaguely red eyes.

When we sat down again, the atmosphere was much sluggish.

After all, Tie Dan was in a heavy mood and it was not suitable for him to talk about light topics.

After finishing breakfast in silence, Maoer greeted the children and left the dining room when she saw that her husband seemed to have something to say to Tiedan.

When only Chen Chu and Tiedan were left, the latter was obviously a little uneasy sitting on the stool.

Chen Chu thought for a few moments before saying: "Tie Dan, Uncle Shen's coffin will be transported to Caizhou in the future. I have arranged for Taoist Priest Wugen to find Jirang. Chen Jinglue and Magistrate Xu will help with all funeral arrangements." You take care of it. If you have any ideas, just tell them."

Tie Dan lowered his head and sat on the stool like a primary school student. After a long while, he said, "What about you, your father is buried, aren't you here?"

"Me, tomorrow I will cross the river with Commander-in-Chief Jiang, the eldest son and the others."

Chen Chu softly explained the reason why he could not personally attend to Shen Zaixing's funeral.

Tiedan naturally knew the meaning of crossing the river. He finally raised his head and glanced at Chen Chu, then quickly lowered his head and rubbed the corners of his clothes with both hands. A sad look appeared on the baby's face and he said in a low voice: "Don't you want me too? .”

"No! Didn't I think you would stay and deal with Uncle Shen's funeral affairs?"

Chen Chu quickly explained.

But these words did not dispel the sadness in Tie Dan's heart. She thought that she could do nothing but fight in her life. Now that Chen Chu would not take her with him on the expedition, even this little value was gone.

Thinking of this, Tie Dan slowly raised his head. In order to prevent Brother Chen from mistakenly thinking that he wanted to rely on him, he tried his best to make a nonchalant expression, "Brother Chen is fine. Daddy entrusted me to you before he left. I know that under such circumstances, you can only agree, I will not rely on you, and I will still be your brother, okay?"

The first words are for self-esteem.

But the last cautious words, 'I can still be your brother, okay?' really revealed Tie Dan's awkward and anxious mood at the moment.

She was worried that the two of them would no longer be brothers. In that case, she would have no reason to stay in the palace.

Tiedan had never been tempted by the royal palace's soft beds, delicacies, and beautiful decorations, but just like what she said sincerely on the day her father died. After his father died, she would have no home.

Over the years, only the palace has given her the feeling of playing house.

It is precisely because of these many emotions that Tie Dan is so cautious. She is afraid that Brother Chu will not like her, and she is afraid that Mao'er will dislike her because of her change in status.

At this point, Chen Chu roughly figured out Tie Dan's cautious thoughts. He couldn't help but sigh, stood up, walked to Tie Dan, and opened his arms.

This is for a hug.

But Tiedan didn't get Chen Chu's intention at all, and still sat on the stool stupidly, with his baby face raised, blinking his innocent eyes with bloodshot eyes, looking at Chen Chu inexplicably.

I don’t understand the style!

Chen Chu simply put his hands around Tie Dan's head and held the latter against his chest.

Tie Dan's body was stiff for a while. When she relaxed a little, Chen Chucai said: "Don't think too much. In fact, I was already impressed by Tie Dan's heroic appearance when I was in Tongshan. But at that time, I thought that Tie Dan should do the side room meeting. I have wronged you, but I have never dared to speak."

Tie Dan's body that had just relaxed tightened again. He felt his heart beating fast and his face and ears were burning hot.

In all her life, this was the first time a man said he liked her, and naturally it was also the first time he confessed his love to her.

"Then you don't want to take me with you to Huainan?" Tie Dan blurted out without any subjective consciousness at all.

It seemed that he was ashamed of his pretentious "sissy" appearance. From Chen Chu's top-down perspective, the skin on the back of his neck quickly turned red.

Chen Chu pretended not to hear Tie Dan's twisted voice and explained again, "I thought you would stay to deal with the matter, so I asked you to stay in Huaibei."

This time, Tie Dan was silent for a while, but then he slowly raised his red face and murmured: "After I help you win the battle, you can accompany me to bury daddy, okay? I'm afraid."

When this battlefield killing god said the word 'fear', the corners of his mouth finally turned down, and tears welled up in his eyes.

On the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, Chen Chu led Jiang Huaixiong and Yao's eldest son to cross the Huai River south.

In fact, at this time, the main force of the Huaibei Army was still in the Daling River, and Yang Dalang's troops were searching for the defeated Jinxia army near Luoyang and arresting the Qi civil and military forces who surrendered to the thieves.

Chen Chu had less than 20,000 troops at his disposal.

However, his temper deeply affected the style of the Huaibei Army. If you hit me, I not only have to fight back, but revenge cannot be overnight!
After successfully crossing the river without losing a single soldier, the dragon flag chariot of Emperor Chaiji of the Great Zhou Dynasty quickly appeared on the land of Huainan.

On that day, Chai Ji took the lead in awarding Zhang Duofu and Xu Lu, the commanders of the Huainan Navy, and then issued a decree to all the prefectures and counties in Huainan, ordering the chief officials of each city to seal up their warehouses and seal their farm registrations until the King of Chu of Qi sent someone to take them over.
All the prefectures and counties that received the imperial edict were at a loss and at a loss as to what to do.

In terms of filial piety, the Supreme Emperor is naturally older than the Emperor.
But what really made the city defender willing to surrender was the powerful Huaibei army who was determined to take revenge!
Even the Iron Futu of the Jin Kingdom and the Iron Kites of the Western Xia Dynasty can't defeat these murderous gods. How can we, a small county, resist?
This is the true thought in the heart, but on the ninth and tenth day of the lunar month, the chief officials of Dingcheng, Guangshan and Zhucheng Yifu who surrendered in Kaicheng used the words "I am willing to fight to the death, but according to the Supreme Emperor's decree, I have to" From 'The Crown Ground'.

The news from Huainan did not reach Lin'an so quickly, but there was a fleet of ships with uniform flags, slowly coming south along the coastline.

On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the navy of the Zhou Dynasty detected the approach of enemy ships and quickly dispatched warships to go north to meet the enemy.

The two sides encountered each other at sea in Bali, Pudong, Shanghai on the 11th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Based on past experience, the navy of the Zhou Kingdom rushed towards the navy of the Qi Kingdom, preparing to engage in battle with crossbows and rockets after approaching.

Unexpectedly, the other side did not form a charging formation. Instead, they lined up in a row. When the distance between the two armies was about three miles, the calm sea suddenly made a sound of thunder.
In the afternoon of that day, the Qi navy entered Qiantang Bay and bombarded Yushan Ferry, ten miles northeast of Lin'an.

In Lin'an City, the sound of rolling cannons could be heard clearly.

In an instant, the Zhou court was in shock and Lin'an was in chaos. (End of this chapter)